OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AU0I7OMJ&
PORTLAND. ORE.
Volume 52, Number 11.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, May 21, 1936
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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LOCALS BEAT CCC S
IN SEE-SAW GAME
Fossil Retains League
Lead With 18-9 Win
From lone.
LEADERS HERE NEXT
Ferguson Goes Good at Second;
Thomson Leads Hitting; Pitch
ers Have Very Bad Day.
Team Standings
Won Lost Pet.
Fossil 4 0 1.000
Heppner 3 1 .760
Condon 2 2 .500
CCC 2 2 .600
lone 1 3 .250
Blalock 0 4 .000
Last Sunday's Results
Heppner 17 vs. CCC 14, Fossil 18
at lone 9, Condon 12 at Blalock 9.
Where They Play Next Sunday
Fossil vs. CCC at Heppner, Hepp
ner at Blalock, lone at Condon.
Heppner's Wheatland leaguers
took a free hitting and loosely
played ball game from the local
CCC camp Sunday, 17-14, thereby
taking undisputed possession of
second place In tye team standings,
headed only by Fossil. Fossil re
mains undefeated with Sunday's
18-9 victory over lone. The Wheel
er county lads will be seen in action
here Sunday for the first time this
season, when they clash with the
local CCC team.
Blankenship who started for
Heppner and Ray Massey who suc
ceeded him to the mound In the
sixth both had little trouble of their
own making. A total of nine errors
by teammates accounted for many
of the CCC scores. One CCC run
ner, who gained a safety on a drop
ped third strike, scored before the
Heppner boys had stopped throwing
the ball away. The CCC's on the
other hand played loosely, also. But
Heppner had the best of It on
earned runs, 9-6.
Ray Ferguson who appeared In
the lineup for the first time this
season gave a nice account of him
self at second base. He started a
fast double play, went far back to
make a nice catch of a difficult fly,
and hit twice safely at bat. Rod
Thomson took hitting honors with
five hits In six times at bat, one a
two bagger.
After see-sawing the score thru
out, the locals put the game safely
in their pocket in the eighth with
five hits and as many runs. Bey
nard and Jannlck for the C's each
bagged a double and a triple. All
the C's pitching strength was used,
Rouse giving way to Sullivan in
the sixth, and shipley taking over
the chucking in the eighth.
Heppner plays at Blalock next
Sunday.
Box score and summary:
HEPPNER AB R H O A E
McRoberts, 3 6
R. Massey, r-p 4
Thompson, 1-m 6
Thompson, 1-m 6
A. Massey, m-c 6
Turner, 1 5
Rodman, 2 ..
Ferguson, 2
Bucknum, s
4
6
Akers, c
. 3
. 2
Hayes, 1
Blankenship, p-r 3
Gilman, r 1
0 10
0 0
Totals
47 17 21 27 17
CCC
Newton, 1
2 2
3 3
Beynard, s 4
McCornack, m 8
Dean, 1 6
Crowley, 3 5
Jannick, r 6
Donelly, 2 5
Swedas, c 5
Rouse, p 3
Sullivan, p 0
Shipley, p 1
Totals .
..45 14 13 24 13 6
Two base hits, R. Massey 2,
Thompson, A. Massey, Beynard,
Jannick; three base hits, Jannick,
Beynard double plays, Shipley to
Dean, Ferguson to Bucknum to Tur
ner bases on balls off Blankenship
1, off Rouse 3, off Sulivan 1, off
Shipley 1; struck out by Rouse 2,
by Blankenship 9, by Massey 4;
batters hit by Blankenship 1, by
Massey 1, by Sullivan 1; Innings
pitched by Blankenship 5 1-3, by
Massey 3 2-3, by Rouse 5 2-3, by
Sullivan 1 2-3, by Shipley 2-3; earn
ed runs, Heppner 9, CCC 6. Hepp
' ner umpire, John Millere.
RITNER THANKS FRIENDS.
Pendleton, May 20. Roy W. Rlt
ner, who won the nomination for
representative in Congress in the
recent primaries, made the follow
ing statement today:
I wish to thank my supporters in
Morrow county for the vote which
I received for representative In
Congress. It made It possible for
me to win the nomination in a close
contest. If I should be successful
in being elected at the general
election. It is my ambition to be as
efficient a representative as was
the late Nick Sinnott. By hard
work and careful study of the prob
lems of eastern Oregon. Nick was
a real help to his district I intend
to visit each section of the Con
gresslonal district for the purpose
of learning Its needs.
CHURCH OBSERVES
FIFTY YEAR MARK
Volby Lutherans Set Observance
Monday and Tuesday; Mission
Meeting. In Connection.
Volby Lutheran church of Goose
berry will celebrate Its fiftieth an
niversary with a two-day service
at the church next Monday and
Tuesday. A mission meeting will
be held in connection. The church
was organized April 19, 1886, with
Rev. Mr. Cornelius the first min
ister. The late Olaf Bergstrom
was the last remaining charter
member. A general public invita
tion is extended to participate in
the services, slated as follows:
Monday, May 25, 7:45 p. m.
Scripture reading and prayer, Pas
tor C. S. Odell; brief historical
sketch, Pastor Ernst J. Sakrison;
anniversary address, Pastor J. A.
Edlund; greeting (Swedish), Pastor
Carl J. Renhard; greeting from the
Portland district, Pastor Paul V.
Randolph.
Tuesday, May 26, 11 a. m. "Priv
ileges and Resonslbilities of the
Members of the Church," (Text 1
Peter 2:9), Pastor C. S. Odell. 1:30
p. m. "Dangers that Threaten the
Christian Congregation," (Texts 2
Tim. 3:1-5; Mt. 24:48-51); "Christ's
Message to the Faithful Church,"
(Text Rev. 3:7-13), Pastor Ran
dolph. Construction Starts
On Peters Building
Actual construction work started
Monday on the one-story brick
building being erected by Jos. T.
Peters, Portland capitalist, at the
corner of Main and Willow streets.
Mr. Thomas, a Portland con
tractor, has the contract for laying
the brick. He said the brick work
would be done in three weeks. Def
inite anonuncement has not been
made of who will occupy the build
ing. Provision is being made for
two Btore spaces.
FLOWERS TO BE THEME.
The May business meeting of
Willows grange will be Saturday,
May 23. The lecturer's hour pro
gram will be in charge of Miss
Helen Lindsay who holds the of
fice of Flora. The program cen
ters about flowers, and a playlet,
"The First Memorial Day," will be
given. The agricultural program is
in charge of Mrs. Marie Ledbetter
and is to be a general discussion of
flowers and gardens by the women
folk of Willows grange.
HARDMAN PUPILS HIGH.
In the recent county objective
tests Jean Leathers of Hardman
received I in every subject Jean
also scored third place in the low
er division in the spelling contest
with Vera McDaniel of the same
school taking second place. Mrs.
Lillian Turner is their teacher.
CONSER VA TION BENEFITS.
KNOWN ONLY IN CLASS II
By JOSEPH BELANGER,
County Agent
Some confusion regarding the ag
ricultural conservation program
has resulted through publication
during the past week of rates to be
used in figuring the class II pay
ment The distinction between the
class I and class II payments is
clearcut The class I payment is
made on an acre basis for from
7 1-2 to 15 percent diversion from
the soil depleting acres for 1935 to
soil conserving crops or practices
in 1936. This class I payment, of
ten spoken of as the larger pay
ment, cannot as yet be definitely
determined. No county rates have
been set, and this county rate will
be absolutely necessary before we
can arrive at the farm rate.
On the other hand, the class II
payment, sometimes called the
smaller payment, can be figured at
this time for any particular farm.
All rates published in newspapers
during the last week have had ref
erence to this type of payment
The maximum class II payment,
for which any farmer is eligible,
amounts to $1 per acre for ' every
acre of soil conserving crops found
on his farm in 1936. This Includes
of course, old stands as well as new
plantings. For example, a man
with 100 acres of old alfalfa and 60
acres of alfalfa planted In 1936
would have a soil conserving base
of 150 acres and would thus be ell'
gible for a maximum class II pay
ment of $150.00. It should be borne
in mind that this payment is made
for seeding actually done in 1936,
In the case just mentioned above
this man seeded 50 acres in 1936
and consequently the earned pay
ment would be made only on these
50 acres. The rate for alfalfa seed
ing in this section Is $1.50 per acre.
Consequently this man's earned
payment would be 50 times $1.50 or
$75.00. This is less than the max'
lmum of $150.00 and consequently
he would receive as his class II
payment the full $75.00.
Had this particular man had no
old alfalfa but only the new plant
ing of 50 acres, his maximum would
then of course have been $50. In
that case, although he actually
earned $75, the maximum limit
would operate to hold his payment
down to the maximum of $50. Again
it should be emphasized that this
is the class II payment and has no
bearing on the amount of the class
I payment
Crested wheat grass Is consider'
Adeline Howell, 92, Dies;
Came to County in 1876
Adeline Howell died in Heppner
Thursday morning at the age of 92
years.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the
Hardman community church with
Rev. Joseph Pope of Heppner offi
ciating. Interment will be in the
Hardman cemetery. Phelps Fun
eral home of this city is in charge
of arrangements.
Adeline Northup Howell was born
in Ohio in 1844, crossing the plains
by ox team at the age of 10 years
with her grand parents. The fam
ily settled on the North Umpqua
river near Roseburg, where they
engaged in farming. In 1860 at the
age of 16 years she was married to
Stanford Howell in Oregon City.
In 1876 she moved to this county
taking up a homestead on McKln
ney creek. Mrs. Howell has made
her home in the Hardman section
ever since.
She is survived by seven of her
13 children, who are Henry Howell
of Heppner, John Howell of Top,
Joseph Howell of Heppner, Stan
ford Howell of Harnman, Frank
Howell of Top, Tilda Potter of
Castle Rock, Wn., and Ida Gun
derson of Portland, also 42 grand
children, 36 great grand children
and one great great grand child.
Hail Damages Wheat
In Eight Mile Section
Henry Baker, Charles Becket and
Henry Peterson are among Eight
Mile farmers who sustained dam
age to theri wheat crops by a hard
hail storm last Thursday. Baker
and Becket were hardest hit, ac
cording to reports.
No estimate of the damage to
the Becket crop has been received
On the Baker place, Mr. Baker es
timated about one-fourth of the
land in crop was struck by the
storm with as high as 90 percent
destruction on some of the land hit
Mr. Peterson estimated that his
loss would probably not exceed S
to 5 percent
ENROLLEES TAKE EXAM.
Eighteen members of Company
2113 of Heppner, took a civil ser
vice examination for junior assist
ant to technician last Saturday
morning. This exam was open to
all enrollees of the CCC who filed
applications. The salary is $1020 i
year. A junior assistant to techni
cian is a junior foreman connected
with the forest service.
SPECIAL MEETING SET.
A special meeting of Heppner
Lodge No. 69, A. F. &. A. M.,
will be held next Tuesday evening,
May 26. Work is scheduled in the
third degree, and all members are
urged to be present
Harry L. Duvall, who farms the
Bell ranch north of Lexington, has
been spending considerable time in
the city this week assisting in su
pervising construction of the new
Peters building.
ed as a soil conserving crop and
consequently in figuring a class II
payment the total acreage of crest
ed wheat grass in 1936 is used as
the base for determining the class
II payment In most cases in Mor
row county, where crested wheat
grass will be seeded before Novem
ber 1 this fall, the acreage seeded
to this grass will be the only soil
conserving crop on the farm. In
cases where this Is true $1 per aero
would "be the maximum payment,
even though the rate for seeding
crested wheat grass is set at $2
per acre.
Since green manure crops are
considered as soil conserving prac
tices the class II payment will ap
ply to this practice Just as it does
to soil conserving crops.
Some misunderstanding has aris
en as tc conditions necessary to
comply for a class II payment for
trashy summer fallow. The fol
lowing Is a definition of trashy
summer fallow for the purposes of
Interpreting compliance:
"Straw spread and neither pas
tured nor burned. Disk type plow,
chisel, rod weeder, double disk or
other such tillage implements used
In place of a moldboard plow so
as to leave the dead stubble and
plant growth distributed on or near
the surface to check blowing.
Since this trashy summer fallow
is considered a soil conserving prac
tice the acreage devoted to this
practice may be Included In the
base for a class II payment Figur
ing again, as we did above, the
maximum class II payment Is $1
an acre for the total soil conserv
Ing base, the maximum class II
payment on farms practicing trashy
summer fallow will be quite large.
The rate of payment for this prac
tice, however, is 60 cents per acre
which will mean, in most cases, that
the full earned payment will be
made. Probably very few, if any,
farmers In this county will be ell
gible for this trashy summer fal
low payment in 1936, although a
considerable number of men are
planning to spread their straw back
of the combine this year so as to
be eligible for the payment In 1937.
The definition of trashy summer
fallow given above will clear up
any question as to just what con
stitutes eligibility for this type of
class H payment.
Anyone planning to comply for
the new program in 1936 by plow-
Ing down a green manure crop
(Contlanad on Ps F.ur)
I
TO
21 Graduates Will Receive
Diplomas at Exercises
Tomorrow Evening.
BANQUET ON TODAY
Juniors Fete Seniors at Parish
House; Baccalaureate, Picnic
Events of School Closing.
. Dr. C. A. Howard, state superin
tendent of public instruction, will
give the commencement address for
the 21 graduates of Heppner high
school who will receive diplomas at
exercises beginning at 8 o'clock to
morrow evening at the gym-auditorium.
The commencement exercises
mark the grand finale of the school
year, and climax a busy week of
activity in the schools. Baccalau
reate was held for the graduates
last Sunday evening at the audi
torium, with the address by Alvin
Kleinfeldt, Christian minister. Tu
esday the entire high school enjoy
ed a picnic at the sawdust pile in
the mountains, and tonight the
Junior-Senior banquet Is being held
at the Episcopal parish house, fol
lowed by the prom at the gymnas
ium. Honored members of the gradu
ating class are Dorothy Jean Ad
klns, Edith Marie Barlow, Ray
mond Floyd Batty, Irene Anita
Beamer, Howard Bryant, Ernest
Julian Clark, W. Howard Cleve
land, Ray J. Coblantz, Betty Teresa
Doherty, James H Driscoll, James
J. Farley, Howard Furlong, Ethyl
V. Hughes, Don W. Jones, Bernard
H. McMurdo, William McRoberts,
Lola L. Osborn, Boyd E. Redding,
Margaret Sprinkel Scott, Joseph C.
Stephens, Steven S. Wehmeyer.
The commencement program will
be as follows: Processional, march,
Curlitt, Marjorie Parker; Invoca
tion, Rev. Joseph Pope; "Thanks
Be to God," Dixon, high school cho
rus; address, Dr. C. A. Howard;
"Blue Danube," J. Strauss, "A Jap
anese Sunset" Deppen, school band;
presentation of class gift, William
McRoberts; presentation of Norton
Winnard cup, Qjjrnet Barratt; com
mencement song, xjoomis, xjoia us
born, Marie Barlow, Jean Adklns,
Betty Doherty; presentation of class
of 1936, Edward F. Bloom; presen
tation of diplomas, Dr. A. D. Mc
Murdo; benediction, Alvin Kleln
feldt Members of the class are wearing
caps and gowns in the formal clos
ing exercises.
June 15 Closing Date
on Crop, Seed Loans
Word has been received from E.
J. Davis, field supervisor for the
emergency crop and feed loan of
fice, that the closing date for crop
loans has been set for June 15.
Summer fallow loans, Including
loans for seed wheat for fall sow
ing, are now available and appli
cation blanks may be filled out at
the county agent's office.
NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY.
A large number of new books was
received at the library this week.
Included are many Jate editions
for both children and adults.
Among them are the following: The
Desert Lake Mystery, Strahan; The
Undaunted, Hart; Don Quixote of
La Mancha, Saavedra; River Su
preme, Hobart; America Goes to
Press, Greene; Inside Europe, Gun-
ther; Let the King Beware!, Mor
row; History of Oregon Literature,
Powers; Wonders Through the
Microscope; River House, Willough-
by; Why Keep Them Alive, Krulf;
The Hurricans, Nordhoff and Hall;
The Poet of Cralgie House, Haw
thorne; The Exile, Buck; America
Strikes Back, Myers; Industrial
America, Pound; Roads to Roam,
Birney; Modern Guide to Success
ful Gardening, Kains; Mirror of
China, Laloy; Which Way for Our
Children, Munkres; A Book of For
mulas; Story Book of Trains, Pe
tersham; Romance of Medicine,
Clendening; Around the World In
Eleven Years, Abge; Patriotic La
dy, Bowen; Little John of New
England, Brandels; Little Rose of
the Mesa, Brandels; Cowbells and
Clover, Cory; Lone Star, Cory; Ted
and Nina, De Angeli; Babar the
King, De Brunhoff ; Life of the Par
ty, Folsom; Nlcodemus and His
Gran'Pappy, Hogan; Children Make
a Garden, Jenkins; The Paper Book,
Pryor; the Bramble Bush Man,
Sutton; The Golden Charm, Sutton.
BANDSTERS RECEIVE AWARDS
emblem awards for the members
who have attended the state band
contest. The emblems are of pur
pie and gold chenille in the shape
contest.
awards of merit In the future.
O. E. S. TO MEET.
The regular meeting of Rut':
chapter 32, O. E. S., is slated foi
Masonic hall tomorrow evening.
HOWARD
ADDRESS
DONKEY BASEBALL HERE
TWO EVENINGS, JUNE 2-3
The greatest fun game ever to
come to Heppner Donkey Base
ball will make its appearance
June 2-3. Sponsored by the Lions
club for the benefit of the local
baseball club, the games will fea
four different teams, according to
plans laid Monday when the ser
vice organization voted to spon
sor one team and invited the Bus
iness and Professional Women's
club to sponsor another team,
each of which will issue a chai
enge to teams from Lexington
and lone.
Jack Bartlett will be here from
Tucson, Ariz., with fifteen trained
LEGION OFFICERS HERE.
June Valiant, regional rehabilita
tion officer, representing the na
tional rehabilitation service at
Washington, and Carl Moser. state
adjutant, American Legion, made a
short call on local post members
Tuesday morning. These gentlemen
are making a tour of the state, con
tacting each post and expect to
cover 2500 miles before returning
to Portland May 30.
HUNTERS-ANGLERS TO MEET.
Morrow County Hunters and An
glers club will meet at the Elks
club Monday evening, May 20, at
7:30 p. m. Everyone Interested in-
wild life is invited to attend. "Bring
a friend, join the club and help to
ward increasing fish and game,
and destroying birds and animals
which prey upon game," Is the
word of Bert Mason, president
Abstract of Primary Vote
REPUBLICAN
S 2 a & 8.
NAME g ft 3 i
Nat'l Committeeman
Dorris 1 13 4 3 3 6 37 6 3 20 1 42 81 169
Paine 1 40 6 11 2 29 56 13 7 27 7 89 66 343
Williams 7 15 9 4 7 16 37 7 10 38 2 112 63 327
Nat. Con. Delegate
Butcher 2 44 8 11 2 23 59 8 13 30 6 97 63 361
Clark 3 40 6 8 2 22 43 6 6 25 6 74 45 286
Dunne 3 23 6 6 6 19 33 6 6 21 1 81 44 254
Fisher 3 31 6 8 2 26 38 3 4 18 6 71 40 255
Geary 3 13 2 4 4 15 33 1 3 21 1 52 39 191
Goodwin - 3 8 2 4 711 16 3 4 12 2 29 19 120
Harris 1 5 4 1 2 7 22 1 14 22 14 93
LItfln 1 19 3 6 2 12 29 3 4 19 1 68 32 189
McBride 832 7 17 578128 13 99
Myers 2 11 1 2 2 5 33 4 7 30 2 30 21 150
Priaulx , 1 6 1 4 2 7 18 7 5 21 3 41 22 138
Rand 7 2 2 7 12 4 5 17 55 19 130
Roman 1 12 3 5 12 16 3 3 18 2 51 40 166
Sickels 6 1 4 1 6 13 5 3 9 2 43 23 116
Smith 14 4 9 5 11 36 6 5 27 5 59 38 219
Tooze 3 7 4 3 1 11 25 4 5 18 1 59 38 179
Verdinius 31 2 2 7 2 18 12 48
Dist. Nat Delegate
DeArmond 1 49 6 10 4 25 64 12 6 43 7 120 77 424
Eads 7 49 13 13 5 29 76 14 11 52 9 136 76 490
Peterson 8 36 17 14 7 30 66 16 16 51 5 153 71 490
President
Borah 4 52 19 19 9 39 105 18 15 64 9 185 106 644
Vice President
Bennett 5 41 13 13 7 29 71 18 12 49 6 186 96 485
U. S. Senator
Brown 17 6 8 29 19 4 3 20 2 33 38 179
McNary 10 33 13 9 10 20 67 20 15 66 4 151 98 516
Nelson 30 1 3 2 11 64 7 5 10 5 66 22 216
Congressman
Nickelson 34 5 3 1 18 45 9 3 18 3 50 36 225
Phillips 16 3 16 23 2 3 11 3 46 13 136
Ritner 12 20 10 9 8 13 50 17 12 50 6 103 74 384
Tull 4 2 2 13 10 1 3 7 2 16 14 74
Yates 4242162191 31 16 79
State Treasurer
Burke 2 36 5 8 4 22 51 8 5 34 4 105 55 339
Holman 8 44 16 13 9 38 82 21 15 63 6 146 93 554
State Senator
Barratt 12 46 18 18 9 29 110 20 20 78 5 210 134 709
Ellis 31 4 5 2 35 34 9 1 22 6 64 36 239
District Attorney
Alfred 8 50 21 19 11 44 115 23 18 64 10 168 103 654
Turner .: 4 31 2 4 1 20 27 9 2 36 1 108 68 313
County Judge
Bleakman 3 16 5 8 2 6 0 7 16 1 8 9 2 76 294
Johnson 1 21 18 11 12 8 122 1 34 1 47 27 303
Lucas 7 18 4 1 18 12 12 40 4 71 47 234
Parker 1 33 1 2 11 5 7 24 4 72 32 192
County Commissioner
Neill 12 48 11 9 5 38 80 18 14 56 11 189 104 595
Beach 30 9 14 6 26 68 15 7 45 75 60 355
County Clerk
Barlow ' 4 60 12 17 10 34 99 15 3 72 8 179 86 599
Bucknum 4 6 1 2 2 5 2 7 10 1 21 13 74
Gemmell 4 19 10 7 1 37 49 15 11 23 1 82 81 340
Supreme Judge
Campbell 11 64 17 13 15 84 109 27 14 78 6 169 135 691
Cochran 10 63 9 26 6 33 81 22 10 39 9 141 77 526
DEMOCRATIC
Nat'l Committeeman
Dalrymple 3 10 5 4 2 11 6 2 2 10 11 66
Latourette 13 3 1 8 6 1 8 2 16 12 70
McConoch 1811 73 2 62 31
Wood 6 11 2 8 4 1 16 4 1 3 2 26 28 112
Nat. Com. Delegate
Edson 4 28 1 8 1 3 25 7 1 3 2 17 21 121
Langley 1314223313 68 37
Strayer 6 9 4 2 3 13 8 7 8 2 32 24 113
Burt 7 13 2 4 3 3 21 4 8 3 31 34 133
Delzell 5 31 4 6 4 3 19 8 3 4 2 29 20 138
Erwin 10 15 3 4 4 2 12 4 1 13 24 21 113
Fitzgerald 5 25 6 4 3 1 23 13 2 10 2 33 27 154
Hart 2 35 2 9 5 3 22 6 2 2 2 21 15 126
Lessard 67122184 51 12 14 62
McLaln 4 11 4 3 1 3 10 10 2 4 1 21 24 98
Morrow 3 7 2 3 3 2 11 5 7 2 26 23 94
District Delegate
Nelson 11 31 5 7 5 2 28 11 3 12 3 60 41 209
Van Vactor 10 33 6 7 5 3 34 11 3 14 3 46 45 220
President
Roosevelt 11 42 6 9 7 4 45 16 4 16 4 55 56 275
1 Vice President
Garner 11 39 6 7 7 3 44 18 4 13 4 53 53 262
I U. S. Senator
Jeffrey 3 26 3 1 1 1 27 4 3 3 23 16 111
i Mahoney 7 19 3 13 6 2 15 12 4 11 1 32 32 157
Congressman
Halght 1 13 7 2 1 19 8 1 1 16 15 84
Pierce 10 34 5 8 4 3 25 17 3 15 3 40 40 207
i State Treasurer
r Allen 10 30 3 6 4 3 20 13 1 9 4 31 29 163
Burt 2 13 3 6 3 1 25 5 2 7 28 26 121
donkeys, the same that made
their appearance at the Chicago
World's fair and started a wild
fire of enthusiasm throughout the
nation.
In the donkey ball game all
players with the exception of the
pitcher, catcher and batter will
be mounted on burros. The batter
must mount his burro after hit
ting the ball and ride to first
base.
The games are slated to start
at 7:15 in the evening, thus giv
ing everyone opportunity to see
them. Full particulars on the
games will appear next week.
District Governor Here;
Lions Elect New Officers
Ed F. Shea, district governor
Lions International for Oregon and
member of the international board
of directors, made an official visit
to the local club Monday. He com
plimented the club on its good con
dition, and announced that Lions
clubs generally are on the upgrade.
Election of officers for the ensu
ing year resulted in the election of
Ray P. Klnne, president; E. L. Mor
ton, first vice president; John An
glin, second vice president; Dr. L
D. Tibbies, third vice president;
Chas. Barlow, secretary; Joe Bel
anger, tailtwister; Dr. R. C. Law
rence, lion tamer; Spencer Craw
ford and C. J. D. Bauman, direc
tors. Installation will be held Mon
day, June 1. A. S. Akers, former
Heppner resident, now residing in
Portland, was a club guest
JOHNSON
WNNER
IN WHITEST
lone Man Takes 9-Vote
Lead Over Bleakman
for County Judge.
VOTES DECIDE LOTS
Barlow, Neill, Alfred Favored In
Republican Races for Local
Offices at Primaries.
In the four local contests in the
republican ranks which held the
center of attraction at the primary
election here Friday, Bert Johnson
nosed out George Bleakman for
county judge by nine votes; Chas.
Barlow received the clerk's nomin
ation; Roy Neill took the nomina
tion for commissioner, and Frank
C. Alfred was nominated for dis
trict attorney.
J. G. Barrat was given a hand
some majority for state senator In
this county, but was nosed out by
Rex Ellis of Pendleton by just 301
votes in the district tabulation.
Roy Ritner, choice of the district
for congress in the republican
ranks, was given a good vote here,
as was Walter M. Pierce, demo
cratic nominee who will oppose him
in the fall.
Chas. L, McNary took the repub
lican nomination for U. S. Senator
by a landslide, and will face Willis
Mahoney of Klamath Falls, demo
cratic nominee, in the fall.
On latest reports Jack Allen of
Pendleton was given a very slight
lead over U. S. Burt of Corvallis
for the democratic nomination for
state treasurer. Rufus Holman,
incumbent was given a substantial
lead for the republican nomination
to the same office.
Hanson Hughes, Heppner, and L
D. Gray, Arlington, unopposed, re
ceived the democratic nomination
for the two representative positions
in the 22nd district, and in the faU
will face E. R. Fatland, Condon,
and Giles L. French, Moro, also
unopposed, the republican nominees.
Though the Townsend strength
proved too weak to succeed in nom
inating all avowed Townsend can
didates, it proved to be a large fac
tor in the election. This was re
flected in Morrow county by the
consistently even vote received by
avowed Townsend candidates for
various offices.
Little interest was manifested in
the presidential race, and the trend
of the state in national politics was
reflected more in the offices of na
tional committeemen and delegates
to the national conventions. The
overwhelming majority of Ralph
E. Wiliams as republican national
committeeman showed a reversion
to stand-pat republican doctrine as
WHliams has held a place of prom
inence in high republican councils
for years. Solid republican timber
In all instances was elected to na
tional convention delegacies, while
on the democratic side active
Roosevelt supporters were given
preference, with Howard Latour
ette, Portland, taking the office of
national committeeman.
Leading for state-at-large dele
gates on late reports were, repub
lican, Joe E. Dunne, Portland; D.
J. Butcher, The Dalles; C. W. Clark,
Washington county; Walter L.
Tooze, Portland; for the democrats,
William A. Delzell, Marion county;
Martin A. Fitzgerald, Union coun
ty; J. W. Morrow, Portland; Ralph
M. Erwin, Portland.
Late returns showed H. H. De
Armond of Deschutes county and
S. D. Peterson of Umatilla county
in the lead for delegates to the re
publican national convention from
this district; while the democrats
elected Eva M. Nelson, Umatilla
county, and S. E. Van Vactor, Was
co county, who were unopposed.
Receiving the democratic nom
ination for local offices, all unop
posed, were Robert A. Jones, sher
iff; Josephine Mahoney, Clerk; R.
B. Rice, judge; Jeff Jones, commis
sioner. C. J. D. Bauman took the
republican nomination for sheriff,
unopposed.
James U. Campbell, incumbent,
ran far ahead of George T. Coch
ran of La Grande for the nomina
tion as state supreme court judge.
The usual write-in game was
played for several local offices In
which Fred Lucas received both
the republican and democratic
nomination for justice of the peace. '
County central committeemen
were elected by the two parties as
follows: Republican, S. E. Notson,
N. Heppner; C. J. D. Bauman, S.
Heppner; William J. Doherty, Al
pine; Guy L. Barlow, Boardman;
Johan Alfred Troedson, Cecil; Hen
ry Peterson, Eight Mile; WaUer
Wright, Hardman; George N. Ely,
lone; A. C. Houghton, Irrigon; Wal
ter Luckman, Lena; Lawrence L.
Beach, Lexington; Charles H. Bar
tholomew, Pine City; for the demo
crats: Albert Adkins, S. Heppner;
Edward Breslin, N. Heppner; E. L,
Ditty, Pine City; G. L. Bennett, Al
pine; J. F. Gorham, Boardman;
Ralph Butler, Cecil; Guy Huston,
Eight Mile; Carl Leathers, Hard
man; D. M. Ward, lone; H. L, Du
vall, Lexington.
Lively Interest was taken in the
election here, with both parties re
cording about 70 percent of the reg
istered vote.
Henry Peterson, Eight Mile far
mer, was in town yesterday.